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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Story & Verse: A Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/story-verse-a-storytelling-and-poetic-open-mic-aug26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-09-09/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-09-16/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Story & Verse: A Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/story-verse-a-storytelling-and-poetic-open-mic-sept26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T130000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
CREATED:20260501T145002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T145513Z
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SUMMARY:Princeton Museum Tour + Lunch with James Steward
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-museum-tour-lunch-with-james-steward/
LOCATION:Princeton University Art Museum\, 45 Elm Dr\, Princeton\, 08544\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T170000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
CREATED:20260127T174459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T174656Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Pop-Up Beer + Wine Garden 2026
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/annual-pop-up-beer-wine-garden-2026/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
CREATED:20240124T180146Z
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T180000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Princeton Porchfest 2026
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-porchfest-2026/
LOCATION:Downtown\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T220000
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic/2026-09-26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-09-30/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T193000
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SUMMARY:Garden State Sounds: Monthly Music Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/garden-state-sounds/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T150000
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SUMMARY:Princeton Community Chili Cook-Off 2026
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/princeton-community-chili-cook-off-2026/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T210000
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SUMMARY:Story & Verse: A Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/story-verse-a-storytelling-and-poetic-open-mic-oct26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T200000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
CREATED:20260129T145953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T150107Z
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SUMMARY:Four on the Floor 2026: Princeton AltRock Fest
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/four-on-the-floor-2026/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T152226Z
UID:10001271-1792609200-1792616400@artscouncilofprinceton.org
SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T220000
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T210000
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-10-28/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T210000
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-11-18/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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SUMMARY:Story & Verse: A Storytelling and Poetic Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/story-verse-a-storytelling-and-poetic-open-mic-nov26/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T220000
DTSTAMP:20260516T052606
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T200912Z
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SUMMARY:Café Improv
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/monthly-cafe-improv-open-mic/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:Solley Theater – Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Events & Performances,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-11-25/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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SUMMARY:Jersey Art Meetup (JAM)
DESCRIPTION:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of ExtinctionBy Cheryl GrossOn view: June 5-July 3Opening: Fri\, June 5 | 5-7pmExhibition statement:Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction is a multi-platform\, social commentary addressing the shifting and eventual disappearance of our culture using animals as metaphors with overall goal being socially relevant as well as visually compelling. Using animals on the endangered species list I have created a multi-media graphic audiovisual representation of society teetering on the verge of collapse. Artistic depictions of animal species as victims illustrate the decline of the American democratic system. Use of the word “extinction” throughout the narrative is the blueprint of this project. The Elephant alludes to the destruction of family and community. Scientists have long used footage of elephant rescues to measure humanities ability to feel empathy. This aspect of the project questions the impulse to kill animals that make us feel “love.” The Penguin explores the disappearance of societal structures. With the destruction of the artic certain penguins are left with nowhere to go except man-made exploitive habitats such as Sea World. What is life when our last option resembles a prison? The Frog alludes to complete extinction caused by disease through globalization. The African Bullfrog was brought to the Americas for one purpose—to be living pregnancy tests for humans. These creatures\, used to predict life\, eventually became the destruction of an entire species of frogs as they carried a fungus eradicating the indigenous golden frog. This is reminiscent of indigenous peoples succumbing to European diseases. The Tiger explores the emotional impact due to the fact of how home and territory is rapidly being diminished by development. By obliterating our environment\, we are left to somehow adjust to new social order and redefine the norm. The contributing factors such as war\, globalization\, gentrification and handouts\, continue to pave the way but it is not without consequence. A quote by Nicelle Davis explains my statement rather clearly: Death is a charmer; nothing makes us feel more alive than brushing shoulders with him at a bar\, in our cars\, or at 5\,000 feet in the air. Every time we risk and survive there is a thrill. We feel like we won more life because we are not the ones dying. There is something sexy about Death\, how when poachers take a machete to the face of an elephant\, how sex is always better once it’s gone\, or when whalers take a grenade harpoon to a whale—even more so when an entire species is gone\, how life looks for life even inside a zoo. But Death is a trickster. We can never win at his game. We might be living\, but our humanity is dying. Soon\, there will be nothing of our lives worth living for. About the artist:Brooklyn native Cheryl Gross is an illustrator\, painter\, writer and motion graphic artist living and working in the New York/ Jersey City area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute. Cheryl’s work has appeared in numerous films\, TV shows\, publications\, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections including: Zebra Poetry Film Festival\, Berlin\, New York Times\, Riverside Museum\, Riverside\, Ca.\, The Museum of The City of New York\, Mississippi Museum of Art\, Laforet Harajuku Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan\, Artist-In-Residency\, Kunstlerhaus\, Saarbruken\, Germany. Finalist Elizabeth Hulings Foundation\, 2014\, Artist-In-Residency Program\, Dilsberg\, Germany\, 2015\, four-time recipient Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency\, Jersey City\, 2018-2020\, Art fair 14c 2021-2023. 2023- Commit to Memory: The Precipice of Extinction\, Louis K. Redding Gallery\, Wilmington Delaware\, Curated by The Bridge Gallery\, 2023\, The Z Factor: The Hybrid Realms of Cheryl Gross\, MANA Contemporary\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated by Kristin DeAngelis\, Design: Kele McComsey\, 2025\, The Ethereal Realms of Mythology: Past & Present\, Art House Productions Gallery\, Jersey City\, NJ\, Curated & Design: Andrea Mckenna WebsiteInstagramFacebook
URL:https://artscouncilofprinceton.org/event/jam/2026-12-02/
LOCATION:Arts Council of Princeton\, Princeton\, NJ
CATEGORIES:Community,Free or Low Cost
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